A school in Fort Smith says an elderly man has been defecating on a pole on the l campus for years. A security video from Northside High School caught him in the act.

A school in Fort Smith says an elderly man has been defecating on a pole on the l campus for years. A security video from Northside High School caught him in the act.

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Updated: 8:35 PM CDT Jul 22, 2014

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WEBVTT NEW AT 6, A SCHOOL SAYS IT WANTS A MAN TO STOP DEFECATING ON CAMPUS. 40/29'S BRETT RAINS FOUND OUT IT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. "it's not something that is very appropriate at all." SECURITY VIDEO FROM NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CAPTURED THIS MAN ON CAMPUS EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WE CAN'T SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, BUT HE WALKS TO A POLE AND A POLICE REPORT SAYS HE DEFECATED AND SMEARED HIS WASTE ALL OVER THE POLE. "it tends to be that he goes to one particular pole located in our breeze way." WHILE MOST WOULD BE SHOCKED, ASSISTANT PRINCIPLE CHRIS CARTER ISN'T... "we've been uh, uh dealing with this issue I guess since about 2002." POLICE ARRESTED 75 YEAR OLD JERRY ROSS FROM FORT SMITH. RIGHT NOW HE'S FACING A FELONY CHARGE FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE. (NATS...HANDCUFFS CLICKING) ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, ROSS, SERVED A YEAR IN JAIL IN 2007 AND ANOTHER YEAR BEHIND BARS IN 2013 FOR THE SAME THING. HE'S BEEN BANNED FROM THE SCHOOL PROPERTY BUT KEEPS COMING BACK. "it's not something that we're going to tolerate." "just because there's no students here and there may not be any teachers here, that doesn't mean that somebody's not watching." REPORTING TONIGHT BRETT RAINS 40/29 NEWS. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, WHEN ROSS WAS SENTENCED IN 2013 THE JURY RECOMMENDED HE GET COUNSELING. BUT WE DID NOT FIND ANY RECORDS THAT HE ACTUALLY DID.

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75-year-old-man accused of repeatedly defecating on school campus

A school in Fort Smith says an elderly man has been defecating on a pole on the l campus for years. A security video from Northside High School caught him in the act.